Time to pick, Seattle. Remember how the Space Needle asked you to design a new paint job for its flying-saucer-like top? Well, some artists did — and none of them look like flying saucers. (Disappointed? Me too.)

Nevertheless, here are the six designs the Space Needle folks are putting out for you to vote on.

The busy and fun-packed weekends that the Emerald City experiences during the summer are beginning to slow down as major festivals and events have come and gone. But there is still plenty to do in our …

The word “nearby” is relative in terms of space exploration. NASA tells us today that the photo below shows a “nearby” galaxy affectionately dubbed NGC 4183. (Awww. You know you wanna name your baby that.) But NGC 4183 is still located about 55 million light-years from the sun, and it spans about eighty thousand light-years. …

You’ve seen an explanation for why giant spiders are attacking the Seattle Center — at least, it appears that way from the Space Needle. But now artist Marlin Peterson has a video showing how the larger-than-life daddy daddy longlegs were created on a Seattle Center roof. …

This is adorable. And worrisome. I mean, if Nellie the sea otter can solve a puzzle this quickly now, what would she be capable of if she had fingers or thumbs? Let’s hope eveolution is over for the sea otter, also known as the genius of the ocean. …

OK, I don’t know for sure that these are the snazziest home bars in Seattle, mostly because no one I know has a bar in their house. What’s up with that, friends and acquaintances? Why don’t you make like these people and get some plumbing in your basement? …

Critical Mass, the national traffic-jamming bike movement, celebrates its 20th anniversary Friday with a giant rush-hour, street-clogging ride in San Francisco, where it all began. But judging by the …

OK, not quite. But Seattle almost took top honors in a list of “America’s Best Cities” recently released by Businessweek.com and Bloomberg. I won’t tell you which city beat us out, but let’s just say I’m not begrudging the loss too much.